Mystery Hangout

Students in Mrs. Carlson's 2nd Grade class conducted a Mystery Hangout today! Through webcams and microphones they were able to see and talk with another class in a "Mystery" location.  Students created and took turns asking yes/no questions to each other. Through the questions they eliminated possible destination on their maps until they guessed correctly where each other were!

Gattis Celebrates Pi Day

Everyone loves pie!  Mr. Brillhart really loves Pi!  His class celebrated March 14, 2015 with a Pi day Gattis style!  They were even featured on the RRISD Webpage at https://roundrockisd.org/gattis-celebrates-pi-day/

Hutto Teachers visit Gattis

Today we had a Technology Coordinator, a few Principals and an Administrator from HUTTO ISD visit Gattis Elementary.  They wanted to see Technology in Action, and boy did they!  From Kinder students navigating to research websites independently to first graders doing a group activity with their projector and computer in the classroom.  In our Next Gen Classroom they were able to see TAG Students working on a project in Google Apps on their Chromebooks.  Thanks to all of the teachers who were open to our visitors checking you out. They were so very very impressed! 

Highlighted Sites for Students & Teachers

Some great resources for students and teachers to try.

Student Newpaper Club

Gattis students who are members of the Writing Club created a student paper.   They worked hard for months to collaborate on this product. Look for a yellow paper copy coming home to you.

A digital PDF copy can be found in the January eFolder. Enjoy the online version here.

Gattis Robotics Team in the RRISD News

Legos have become more than building blocks for teams of Round Rock ISD students who take competition and engineering seriously through Lego robotics.

 Teams from Gattis, Laurel Mountain and Spicewood, Caraway elementary schools as well as Canyon Vista, Grisham and Hernandez middle schools competed in the “World Class” themed Central Texas First Lego League Competition last month. During the competition, teams completed three tasks, which consisted of robots designed to certain specifications, a research project to solve a problem and teamwork... Read Full Article

Literacy Night Photo Booth Fun

Our family Literacy night was full of fun, reading, words and prompts!  Families even had a chance to ride a wild roller coaster and travel far away using technology!  For copies of your photos contact Carolyn Slavin.